DEFRAGMENTING A DOUBLESPACED DRIVE
The DoubleSpace DEFRAGment command is used on a DoubleSpaced
compressed drive. The program doesn't really defragment the
drive, however it does consolidate the free space. Do this at
least once a month. It should be considered routine hard drive
maintenance. First use the CHKDSK command.
1. Change to the compressed drive and then issue a CHKDSK
command like so:
c:
chkdsk /f
The /F tells DOS to fix errors.
Another option is to do it like so:
dblspace /chkdsk /f
A shortcut for the DBLSPACE /CHKDSK /F command is:
dblspace /chk /f
2. Defragmenting a large hard drive can take a very long
time. To consolidate a DoubleSpace compressed drive,
change to the compressed drive and then issue a command
like so:
dblspace /defragment
A shortcut for the above command is:
dblspace /def
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